Accession number
PML 85634
Creator
Johnson, R. (Richard), 1733 or 1734-1793.
Published
London : Printed for T. Carnan ... , 1771.
Notes
Ten dialogues ... attributed to Richard Johnson (Weedon, M.J.P. Richard Johnson, no. 83); wording of preface suggests same author may be responsible for Zara ...
"I should be guilty of ingratitude, did I not acknowledge my obligations to an ingenious French piece (Memoires pour servir à l'histoire de l'esprit et du coeur), wrote by the marquis D'Argens ... " -- Pref.
T.p. is engraved.
Frontispiece signed: W. Walker sculp.
Advertisement on p. [1] at end.
PML copy: p. 169-70 torn.
"I should be guilty of ingratitude, did I not acknowledge my obligations to an ingenious French piece (Memoires pour servir à l'histoire de l'esprit et du coeur), wrote by the marquis D'Argens ... " -- Pref.
T.p. is engraved.
Frontispiece signed: W. Walker sculp.
Advertisement on p. [1] at end.
PML copy: p. 169-70 torn.
Description
[2], iv, iv, 205, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : 1 ill. (engraving) ; 14 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Ms. inscription on front pastedown: Elizabeth Brickdale, June 15th 1776.
Provenance
Elizabeth Brickdale.
Binding
Quarter green vellum, blue boards.
Classification
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Department